Resumes

who you'll meet at upcoming New York Wright Way Master Classes

- Talent House

Formerly at Stewart Talent, and Henderson Hogan, Jed has been with the New York office of the Talent House for 3 Years. Along with Pete Kaiser, Jed has put together a unique, competitive, and selective list of both emerging and established artists. TH clients regularly work in all mediums. Recently bookings include an upcoming Guest Star on Modern Family, and a major role in an upcoming and highly anticipated revival on Broadway. Jed holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

- Tara Rubin Casting

Dale joined TRC in 2007. His current specific projects with TRC include on-going casting for all US companies of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and the original casting of BILLY ELLIOT for Broadway and subsequent tours, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and last season's production of Des McAnuff's of GUYS & DOLLS. Tara Rubin Casting is also responsible for the casting of the Broadway, touring, Las Vegas, companies of: MAMMA MIA!, JERSEY BOYS (including London & Australian productions), MARY POPPINS, SHREK, THE MUSICAL, & PROMISES, PROMISES; as well as, Yale Repertory Theater, and assorted shows for Lincoln Center Theater, The Old Globe, LaJolla Playhouse to name a few. Before joining TRC, Dale was a freelance casting director in NYC working in independent film, commercials, regional theater and, yes, even reality TV. A working actor for 15 years, Dale has an inherent appreciation for the path actors must travel and a true interest in helping them perform to their very best. Honors graduate: Kalamazoo College; BESG Theater Program - London.

- Nicolosi & Co

Joel Carlton joined the office of Nicolosi & Co in February 2010 after four years at DGRW Talent Inc. Currently he has clients in leading and supporting roles on Broadway (AMERICAN IDIOT, WICKED, ADDAMS FAMILY, THE LION KING, MAMMA MIA, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, GOOD PEOPLE and the upcoming ANYTHING GOES, SISTER ACT, THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, PRISCILLA and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS...) in National Tours (WEST SIDE STORY, WICKED, NEXT TO NORMAL, BILLY ELLIOT, THE LION KING, JERSEY BOYS, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, SHREK and LES MISERABLES) on TV (BLUE BLOODS, BODY OF PROOF, THE BIG C, RESCUE ME, THE GOOD WIFE, RUNNING WILDE, TREME, CSI: NY, 30 ROCK, GOSSIP GIRL, NURSE JACKIE, WHITE COLLAR, ROYAL PAINS, LOUIE, RUBICON, BORED TO DEATH , BOARDWALK EMPIRE, DAMAGES and L&O:SVU) and film (SALT, THE LAST AIRBENDER, HANDSOME HARRY, MORNING GLORY and the upcoming GWB, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, ROCKSTEADY, ADJUSTMENT BUREAU , THE ONE, GENERATION UM, COLLAR, FIVE MINARAETS IN NEW YORK, THE NORMALS, PETUNIA, THE SMURFS MOVIE and MR POPPERS PENGUINS )

owner - Carson-Adler Agency

Nancy Carson, owner, is internationally respected for high quality representation and for straightforward business practices. An expert in her field since 1978, Nancy has been interviewed often on international television and is sought after as a speaker at industry seminars throughout the U.S. As an advisor to the Actor's Equity Association's Children's Committee, Nancy actively works for the rights of professional children. In the early 80s, she negotiated for her young clients and set the standard for requiring tutoring for children on tour, and was instrumental in getting mandatory tutoring written into the Equity Production Contract for Touring Companies. More recently, Nancy has been on the forefront of the movement requiring Broadway producers to provide tutoring starting with the rehearsal period and continuing until one week after opening night. Nancy was also a leader in the movement toward non-traditional casting on Broadway, representing the first African-American and Latino orphans in Annie, the first Asian and African-American girls to play 'Cosette,' and the first female understudy for 'Gavroche' in Les Miserables. She is on the speakers panel of the Screen Actor's Guild Young Performers Committee and is a member of the National Association of Talent Representatives. Nancy is also the author of Raising a Star - the parents' guide to helping kids break into theater, film, television or music.

Casting Director

In May 2011, Robin joined forces with casting director Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian to form J&R creative. Together they cast film, television, and digital projects. Recent projects include: Dancing with Abandon (written by Karen Hartman & Phil Lebovits), the short film "Realizing Recovery" (directed by Cate Devaney), the comedic web series "Brutus Loves You" (WiseGuy Pictures), "Untitled Wine Show" (Vicart Entertainment), and a promo for the Original iPhone Film Festival, to name a few. Current projects include the new web series "Galactice" (produced by Phathom). Upcoming independent feature films include "Art's Demise" (directed by Michael Narvaez) and "Silver & Gold" (Fuggedaboutit Productions). Prior to J&R creative, Robin was Head of Casting for Theatreworks/USA for eight years where she cast over 200 national tours and countless off-Broadway shows. Since then, she has cast for major theatre festivals including work at the 2009 Marathon Festival at EST, Eugene O"Neill Theatre Conference, Lincoln Center"s American Living Room Festival, NAMT, NYMF, Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival and the Emmy Award Winning Family Life Theatre. Off-Broadway: The Last Castrato, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks; Seussical; Max & Ruby; Henry and Mudge; Cam Jansen; Walk Two Moons; Summer of the Swans; Junie B. Jones; Sarah, Plain and Tall; Romeo and Juliet. Other favorite theatre credits include: The Speargrove Presents (Julia Miles Theatre); Dani Girl (Cherry Lane Theatre); Like You Like It (Gallery Players); Lincoln and Son (Luna Stage); City of Dreams starring Alison Fraser; Queen Esther (Forum Theatre) Films: "A Breath Away", "Breaking the Chain" (directed by Stuart Weinstock), "Underwear" (directed by Tomer Gendler) which was the Grand Jury winner for Best Short at the 2009 Savannah International Film Festival, Dances With Film Festival & Tiger (directed by Wing Yee-Wu). Commercials and Industrials: Romancingdiamonds.com; Fuse Network; Boston Pizza; Realize. In addition to her casting experience, Robin was the Founding Producing Director for BIMA-NY, a groundbreaking Jewish theatre company that cultivated Jewish playwrights and exposed audiences to modern Jewish themes. She has taught master classes in audition technique, acting & musical theatre at Transition Workshop, Actor"s Connection, TVI, CnC, IMTA, Marymount Manhattan College, the Network, NYU/Cap 21, Eastern Connecticut University, University of Arizona at Tucson, University of Wisconsin at Steven"s Point, & her own popular series of classes in New York City.

casting associate - NETworks Theatricals

Tina Marie is a casting associate for NETworks Theatricals, heading national tour auditions held in New York and several major U.S. Cities. Current projects include the national tours of Beauty And The Beast, Young Frankenstein and Shrek the musical. She has been coaching and directing for over 19 years, and many of her clients have gone on to book prestigious contracts.
An actress with National touring and leading regional theatre credits. Favorites include Kiss Me Kate and Victor Victoria first National Tours, Trina in Falsettos and In Trousers, The Witch in Into The Woods at Arrow Rock Lyceum and The Bakers Wife in Into The Woods at Fulton. NY credits include Shelby in Spitfire at Gallery Players and Aurora in That Other Womans Child NYMF.
Currently, she is in a development deal with EMI Music Publishing for a Broadway musical that she conceived entitled Chasing Rainbows about the childhood of Judy Garland with a book by Tony Award winning writer Thomas Meehan, and existing music from the MGM/ Feist Robbins catalog.
Tina Marie has a seat as a national panelist in Musical Theatre for YoungArts. She has a thriving coaching studio and recording business, www.BroadwayDemo.com which she owns and operates with her husband, David.
In 1999, she as presented the Teacher Recognition Award by the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program for her work as a musical theatre coach. She received training at Carnegie Melon University as well as B.A.D.A. in Oxford (England) through Yale University. She received her B.A. at University of Maryland on a creative and performing arts scholarship.
Favorite directing projects include: UPCOMING Little Shop Of Horrors (infinity Theatre Company) The Fantasticks (The Gallery Players and Infinity Theatre Company), a staged concert of Anyone Can Whistle, An AEA Showcase at Vital Theatre Co. of Maids of Honor and Out of The Reach of Children among others.
For more information on Tina Marie, visit her website at www.TinaMarieC.com.

Casting Director

Michael Cassara, CSA is a casting director, educator, and producer working on theatre and film projects in New York City. Recent credits include Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking! (off-Broadway and cast recording), Bubble Boy: The Musical (world premiere), Fat Camp (off-Broadway and regional), Kingdom (The Old Globe). Regional theatre credits include Gulfshore Playhouse, The Old Globe, Infinity Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, Queens Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and many others. Resident Casting Director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) since 2007, where he has cast over 50 new musicals since the festival's inception in 2004. Additionally, in 2013 he began serving as the Resident Casting Director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT). Film credits include The Hyperglot (dir. Michael Urie), Paper Dreams, Clear Blue Tuesday, Contest, and the upcoming feature film Grantham and Rose (dir. Kristin Hanggi, starring Marla Gibbs and Jake T. Austin.) As an educator, Michael has served on the adjunct faculty of CAP21, Pace University, the University of the Arts, and has taught master classes and workshops at dozens of institutions throughout the United States and Europe. Native Clevelander. Member of the Casting Society of America. Please visit MichaelCassara.net/ @michaelcassara

- Carson-Adler Agency

A veteran show biz kid, as a teenager, Bonnie Deroski appeared on stage, film, television and radio commercials along side such famous stars as Alan Alda, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter and F. Murray Abraham. She has been a panelist for the TVI, Weist-Barron, Broadway Artists Alliance, the SAG Young Performers workshop, and created acting*like*kids and on-camera acting workshop for professional children in the Detroit suburbs. Other related experience includes marketing, live television production, coaching acting, and over five years as a professional nanny. Bonnie makes her home in Monmouth County, NJ; is the parent of an 17-year-old girl and an 11- year-old boy; and the Director of Children's Ministry at her church. Bonnie represents children thru teens for commercial and print work. In addition, her home office is 'communication central' for Carson-Adler Agency, where she maintains client files and provides administrative and internet support.

agent & owner - The Avenue Model & Talent Agency

Melinda Eisnaugle, agent and owner of The Avenue Model & Talent Agency, has been booking talent for over a decade in movies, commercials, television, print, promotion, fashion, and voice over. Having grown up an actress herself, Melinda's approach utilizes a harmonious blend of supporting and promoting talent as well as supplying quality standards for production and clientele. Her partnership style of communicating with talent is transparent and holds actors and models to the highest standards in order to launch and maintain successful professional careers. Melinda donates her time to various charities, and endeavors to educate talent in the challenges of the entertainment industry through group talks and her blog The Successful Talent: Tips for the Actor & Model.

Mr. Esse choreographed the World Premier of Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid at The Kennedy Center, as well as The Mystery Of Irma Vep and the World Premier of A Christmas Carol 1941 both for Arena Stage. He is currently choreographing The Light in the Piazza for Arena Stage. Mr. Esse was Associate Choreographer under Director/Choreographer Warren Carlyle on the Broadway productions of A Tale Of Two Cities and Finian's Rainbow as well as the National Tour of 101 Dalmatians The Musical. Associate Director/Choreographer for the World Premier of Lucky Guy at Goodspeed Opera House and as Assistant Choreographer for Mame at The Kennedy Center; Dancing In The Dark at The Old Globe; Pirates of Penzance at Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse. Together they also choreographed several productions for New York City Center's Encores! series: Stairway To Paradise, Juno, On The Town, and Finian's Rainbow. They also Choreographed the Film Deception starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGreggor. As Assistant Choreographer Mr. Esse worked along side, theatre legend Baayork Lee on Animal Crackers, South Pacific, Camelot, and Damn Yankees for Arena Stage (where he also held the positions of Dance Captain/Performer) as well as, Mack And Mabel at the Shaw Festival in Canada. They were honored with a Helen Hayes nomination for best Choreography on South Pacific. Parker has also assisted Choreographer Karma Camp for the international cell phone commercial Auna/Amena, and Choreographer Randy Skinner for Goodspeed's production of Babes And Arms. As a performer, Mr. Esse Danced on Broadway with Ben Vereen, Bebe Neuwirth, and Ann Reinking in Fosse, which was taped for PBS's Great Performances and released on VHS and DVD. After closing Fosse on Broadway, Parker joined the National Tour. Regionally, Mr. Esse has performed in such productions as A Chorus Line at Paper Mill Playhouse and TUTS; Will Rogers Follies at Sacramento Music Circus; Swing! at North Shore Music Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre and TUTS; The Music Man, Sweet Charity, Crazy For You, and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; He has also performed in the Public Sings Benefit celebrating The Public Theatre's 50th Anniversary at City Center in New York City and the 21st Annual Benefit Gala for the Drama League - "So In Love: A Night of Romance at the Rainbow Room" in New York City. Mr. Esse has taught master classes in Musical Theatre dance for the past ten years and has been on faculty at New York University's Cap 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory. He has also taught classes for The Marktoberdorf Summer Intensive Workshop for Professional European Actors in Marktoberdorf, Germany; Lamar University College of Fine Arts' Dance Department in Beaumont, TX; The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, NY; The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX; Learning on Location in New York City as well as many local dance studios in Chicago, IL, Connecticut and New York. Mr. Esse received his BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Cap 21 Musical Conservatory.

- Telsey + Company

Andrew Femenella has been working at Telsey + Company for the past 2 years. Before that, he worked in the casting office for The Roundabout Theatre Company/Jim Carnahan Casting. Current projects include Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire, Leap of Faith, Evita, Best Man, Newsies, Magic/Bird, Porgy and Bess, Godspell, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rock of Ages, Wicked. Off-Broadway: Carrie (MCC), RENT, Million Dollar Quartet (and tour, Chicago). Film: Joyful Noise, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friends With Kids, Margin Cowl, I Love You Phillip Morris, Sex and the City 1 and 2, Rachel Getting Married, Dan In Real Life, Across The Universe, Camp. TV: Smash, A Gifted Man, The Big C. www.telseyandco.com

Casting Director

Now at Liz Lewis Casting Partners for over two years, Alison casts for commercials, voice-overs, film, TV as well as musicals. Her current projects include: National Tours of Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Man of La Mancha, plus tons of commercials, voice-overs and several films. Recent projects include: tons of commercials and voice-overs, National tours of Hair, Dreamgirls, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Gloryana at The Public (reading and workshop), the TV series Peter Rabbit and A Moment in Time, the new John Denver songbook musical, off-Broadway play, It's Just Sex, which is currently running. Alison was the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for 10 years, where she cast over 50 productions, including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Regional: Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray, and Les Misérables (North Shore) and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS/Paper Mill Playhouse/North Shore/TOTS).

agent - Nicolosi & Co

Michael Goddard has been working at Nicolosi & Co for that past six years. He represents legit actors in stage, television and film. His actors have been seen on BOARDWALK EMPIRE, THE MIRACULOUS YEAR, NURSE JACKIE, 30 ROCK and all LAW & ORDERS. His clients have graced the Broadway stage as principals in A FREE MAN OF COLOR, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, RAGTIME, ELF, AMERICAN IDIOT, and PROMISES PROMISES. Prior to becoming an agent, Michael was an actor for 16 years.

- Telsey + Company

Patrick Goodwin joined Telsey + Company in 2006 after graduating summa cum laude from Drew University with degrees in Theatre Arts and Political Science. He is a guest faculty member at Wagner, NYU, and Columbia, as well as "The Broadway Workshop" and "Broadway Artists Alliance"; both organizations are dedicated to theatre education for children, teenagers, and college students with a focus on audition technique. Telsey + Company's Broadway casting credits include Baby It's You, Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Normal Heart, Memphis, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Million Dollar Quartet, Elf, The Addams Family, 9-to-5, A Life in the Theatre, Reasons to be Pretty, Blithe Spirit, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, Rent, Wicked, In the Heights, South Pacific, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Company, November, Grey Gardens, The Color Purple, The Rocky Horror Show, All Shook Up, Tarzan, and Sweeney. Film credits include The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friends with Kids, Jonah Hex, I Love You Philip Morris, The Other Woman, Margin Call, Mainstreet, Howl, Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City: The Movie, Sex and the City 2, Across the Universe, Dan in Real Life, Pieces of April, Rent, and many more. Telsey + Company is also responsible for casting several national tours, off-Broadway productions, regional theatre productions, commercials, and television projects, including the upcoming Smash for NBC. Patrick is a proud member of the Casting Society of America.

Agent - Clear Talent Group

Jamie Harris has been part of the theatre and dance community of New York for the past seventeen years. He performed in Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular for seven years, as well as in a national tour of A Chorus Line, the world premiere of The Rhythm Club, and Funny Girl: In Concert on Broadway. His choreography credits include the Asia tour of Making Tracks (Assistant Choreographer), Empty Handed (with the original cast of Avenue Q)and John Tartaglia's AD-LIBerty at Joe's Pub. After receiving his Bachelor's in Theatre Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jamie joined the New York office of Clear Talent Group in 2003 and became an agent in 2005. He is excited to be part of the CTG team and is committed to assisting his clients achieve solid, long-term performing careers.

Casting Director Assistant - Lincoln Center Theater

Casting Associate @ Lincoln Center Theater (Daniel Swee, Casting
Director). LCT projects: Third, Seascape, Awake and Sing, The House
In Town, The Clean House, The Coast of Utopia, Dying City, Cymbeline,
The New Century, Saturn Returns, Stunning, Joe Turner’s Come And
Gone, Broke-ology, In The Next Room or the vibrator play, What Once
We Felt, When The Rain Stops Falling, Graceland, The Grand Manner,
A Free Man Of Color, The Coward, Other Desert Cities, When I Come To
Die, War Horse, 4000 Miles, All-American, Blood and Gifts. Broadway/
Other projects: Mary Stuart, Exit the King, God of Carnage, Frost/Nixon,
The Year of Magical Thinking, The Vertical Hour, the National Tour of
Frost/Nixon and The Bridge Project – Richard III. Projects we’re currently
working on: Tour of War Horse. Pre-Lincoln Center Theater credits:
Casting Associate for Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Gayle Keller, Casting
Director), Casting Associate for the pilot Law & Order: Trial By Jury
(Lynne Kressel, Casting Director), New York Casting for the pilot of HBO’s
The Comeback, and Seasons 2 through 6 of Sex & The City (Jennifer
McNamara, Casting Director – where we received Emmy Awards for
Casting in Seasons 4 & 5).

- Avalon Artists Group

A veteran in the business for over 35 years, Craig Holzberg started his career in Los Angeles as an actor and model. After several years in front of the camera, Craig switched gears and worked in casting for a while before moving to NY where he worked for top fashion houses including Calvin Klein and Diesel Jeans. Craig then worked for Talentworks in New York as both a commercial and legit agent before moving back to Los Angeles to open his own agency. Craig is the owner of Avalon Artists Group, a bi-coastal, full service agency. Avalon artists group represents actors and models of all ages for film, T.V., Theater, commercials, voice over, hosting, industrials, fashion and commercial print.

Voice Teacher - James Javore Vocal Studio

James Javore has been teaching voice at The Boston Conservatory since Fall, 1999. He has also taught voice at Concordia (NY) College, AMDA/NYC, Riverdale Music Studios, in numerous artist-in-residence postions, and has maintained a private voice studio in New York City, his home, since 1978. Among the many of his students who are enjoying successful performing careers are American Idol 6th Place Finalist Constantine Maroulis, Grease! You're The One That I Want Finalist Alexandra Fassler, and Broadway artists Megha nn Dreyfuss (Mamma Mia) and Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening). Through Affiliate Artists of New York he held artist-in-residence positions in the Midwest and in the South. He has been a presenter of master classes at Belmont University, Valdosta State, Wayne University, College of Dubuque, Northwestern College, Dordt College, Westmar College, and Buena Vista College. He holds Bachelor's Degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance, as well as a Master of Music in Vocal Performance all from the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a performer, this versatile artist has sung in over 60 operas with opera companies such as Chicago Lyric, Cleveland Opera, Kansas City Lyric, Connecticut Opera, and New York City Opera, where he debuted as Maximilian in Hal Prince's production of Candide. James has performed with numerous symphony orchestras from the New York Philharmonic to the Iceland Symphony and some 30 musical theatre productions including Carousel (Billy), A Little Night Music (Count Carl-Magnus), Maury Yeston's Phantom (Gerard Carriere), and Brigadoon (Tommy).Favorite regional theatres include Boston's Huntington, Long Wharf, North Shore Music Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and St. Louis Muny Opera. His versatility as a singer and actor has also taken him into plays, films, television, radio, voice overs, and commercials. He was Leader of Song/Cantor at St.Patrick's Cathedral in NYC from 1979-1992. Other career highlights include the premiere of King David for Disney at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway; Off-Broadwayproducti ons of The Mother Of Us All, and Lust; the First National/International Tour of Broadway's The Secret Garden; and the European tour of Yeston's Phantom. He loves teaching voice and passing on his experience to his students in partnership with his wife, Roxann Parker.

Casting Director

GEOFF JOSSELSON is an independent casting director whose work includes productions for Broadway, off-Broadway and major theatre companies, including the York Theatre Company, Second Stage, Arena Stage, Barrington Stage, Bay Street Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Denver Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, ACT, ART, Kansas City Starlight and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. He is responsible for casting the acclaimed New York productions of
The Velocity of Autumn,
Yank!
, Enter Laughing
, Southern Comfort,
Sex Tips...,
Altar Boyz,
Craving for Travel,
Next Thing You Know, Septimus and Clarissa, Storyville, Perfect Harmony, Glimpses of the Moon, The Jazz Age, Platinum, Fire Throws, Night Sky, Remembering Mr. Maugham, the film, Life of an Actress, and the National Tours of Disney Live, Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans Live! and Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He has also cast many readings and workshops, including The Miss Firecracker Contest, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, The Tapioca Miracle, White's Lies, Robin Hood: The Final Adventure, The Barefoot Boy with Check, 98.6, and Tina Girlstar. In addition to his independent casting office, Geoff has also cast for Broadway, off-Broadway, film and television with Calleri Casting, Cindy Tolan Casting and MelCap Casting. He is on faculty at CAP21 and is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

- The Talent House

Formerly at The Gage Group in both NY and LA, Peter currently runs the NY office of The Talent House. He currently handles film, television and theatre with clients working in all areas. Currently, this office has clients on Broadway (Rock Of Ages, 39 Steps, Mary Poppins, Spiderman, Mamma Mia) national tours (Shrek, Jersey Boys, Phantom, Wicked) and tons of regional theatre. In addition to contract roles on All My Children and One Life To Live, client bookings for episodics include 30 Rock, Law and Order, SVU, Lights Out, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife and film (You Don't Know Jack, Grown Ups, Adventureland, Law Abiding Citizen, and The Untitled Gus Van Sant Project).

Bob has been an Assistant, an Associate, and a Casting Director at Hughes Moss Casting/Barry Moss Casting for the last 12 years. He initially worked with both Barry Moss and Julie Hughes and, beginning in 2000, almost solely with Barry. A partial list of the projects he has worked on during that time would include (* designates National Tour as well): Broadway—A Tale Of Two Cities, Little Women—The Musical*, Souvenir, King Hedley II (August Wilson), An Inspector Calls*, The Who’s Tommy*, How to Succeed . . .*, Titanic—The Musical*, The Life, Jekyll & Hyde*, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Wizard of Oz* at Madison Square Garden. Off-Broadway—Frank McGuinness’ Gates Of Gold, I Forgive You—Ronald Reagan, Rounding Third, Dracula, Dietrich & Chevalier, Over the River and Through the Woods, Noel Coward in Two Keys, Avow, Tails, The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, Lone Star Love, Tap Dogs, Worm Day, the Melting Pot Theatre production of Tintypes. Theatre Workshops and/or Readings—Night of the Hunter, Freudian Slips, Dearest Cousin, Blackwater Angel (by Jim Nolan, playwright in residence at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre), How To Build A Better Tulip, The Cuban and The Redhead (NAMT), The Gay-No-More Telethon Musical (Fringe Festival), Sorority Queen In A Mobile Home (Fringe Festival), Time After Time (Sommerfeld Foundation), The Moon In The Sea (Sommerfeld Foundation), The Member Of The Wedding (Peccadillo Theater Company). Television—As The World Turns (1996), FX, Ed (Pilot), Cosby Mysteries, Lifetime’s Sex and Mrs. X, HBO’s Scarred City, Due South, K.O. Nation Dancers (HBO Sports), Victoria’s Secret 2005 Anniversary Special (Dancers), Old Navy “Drawstring” commercial (Dancers), PBS Sesame Street, and the miniseries Sally Hemmings (NY Casting). Film—Jack & Jill (additional NY Casting), You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (additional NY casting), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (additional NY casting), Beavis and Butthead Do America (NY Voice Casting), The Quest for Camelot (NY Voice Casting), Big Daddy (NY Casting), Little Nicky (NY Casting). National Tours—The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas starring Ann-Margret, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Nunsense (25th Anniversary Tour), Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk starring Savion Glover, Coconut Grove Playhouse’s production of Passin’ It On starring Len Cariou. Concert Tours: Three Mo’ Tenors and Three Mo’ Divas. Barry and Bob cast the Review of songs written by women called Her Song at Birdland and For Lovers Only at New World Stages. Barry and Bob have also cast for Atlanta Theater Of The Stars, Goodspeed Musicals (East Haddam, CT), Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle, WA), North Shore Music Theatre, Dallas Summer Musicals, and Ford’s Theatre (Washington D.C.)

agent - Gotham Talent Agency

Cynthia Katz (Gotham Talent Agency) has been an agent for close to 25 years. Just recently hired to start a new legit and commercial agency, she previously spent 14 years as first a theatrical agent and then partner at The Artists Group East. Cynthia started her career at Abrams Artists, co-founding the children's department with Claudia Black. She then moved on to heading the Teen and Young Adult Legit Division at Carson-Adler. Her client list ranges from established actors to recent graduates of top conservatory schools. She is actively looking to add to this stellar list.

Choreographer

Dan Knechtges is a Tony Nominated choreographer and director working in theater, opera, concert dance, television, film and music videos. Dan has directed and choreographed for numerous theatres across the country and internationally on shows ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Brecht. Dan’s Broadway credits include Lysistrata Jones (Direction & Choreography), Xanadu (directed by Chris Ashley, Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Sondheim on Sondheim (directed by James Lapine), 110 in The Shade (starring Audra McDonald) and The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee (directed by James Lapine.) Dan had the blessedly rare occurrence to have three shows running simultaneously on the Great White Way in 2007. Dan also choreographed the Off-Broadway incarnation of The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee at Second Stage, which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Off-Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along for Encores at City Center (directed by James Lapine), Vanities at Second Stage and directing and choreographing Lysistrata Jones for the Transport Group.
Other credits include Der Schuh Das Manitu (Berlin, Germany), Vanities (Theatreworks Palo Alto), Give It Up! (Dallas Theatre Center), Girl In The Frame (Goodspeed), Boys From Syracuse (Centerstage Baltimore), Godspell (Papermill Playhouse), Oklahoma!, The Wiz, Cats, My Fair Lady, Chalk Circle, Sound of Music, Joseph (Hangar Theatre), Mame, Angel Street, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Surflight Theatre), Don Giovanni (Indianapolis Opera), Carousel, The Merry Widow, West Side Story (Opera Illinois). He also has had the pleasure of working on almost every Gilbert & Sullivan operetta including The Grand Duke, Iolanthe, Ruddigore, The Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Sorcerer all with the Blue Hill Troupe in NYC.
Dan not only has worked in the theatre world but also has worked on several operas and concerts. He had the unique experience of choreographing Leonard Bernstein's MASS for the Dallas Symphony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also set the piece on Ballet Met dancers in Columbus, OH for ProMusica. Dan’s concert dance premiere was for BalletMet’s JazzMoves choreographing the finale Mowtown Moves.
Dan’s choreography can be seen in the Todd Solondz's movie Palindromes, Dark Horse , White Collar on USA Network, The 2011 TV Land Awards with Liza Minnelli, and in Fatboy Slim's music video "It's a Wonderful Night," which reached #1 in the U.K. He has also taught dance at numerous institutions and often does master classes all over the country.
Dan holds a BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH and hails from Cleveland, OH. He is also a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab.
For more information visit www.danknechtges.com

agent - KSR

Having worked at KSR since May 2008, Jason was promoted from a Junior Agent at KSR in July 2010. He covers actors for Theatre & TV/Film. KSR currently has principals on Broadway in The Addams Family, Fela!, Mary Poppins, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, Million Dollar Quartet, Rock of Ages, The Lion King, West Side Story, & Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Tons of national tours and regional as well as NY episodics and feature films.

casting director

Jamibeth Margolis is now entering her 15th year as a professional casting director in New York. She was with Johnson-Liff Casting, Cameron Mackintosh, and Margolis-Seay Casting and is now out on her own as a freelance casting director. Previous credits include the Broadway and National Touring Companies of such hits as Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Cats, and Jane Eyre as well as two dozen other shows on Broadway. She also currently casts for Off Broadway, National Touring Companies and shows for prominent regional theaters and all of the major theater festivals in NYC. Her casting office is dedicated to the development of new plays and musicals. Additional casting credits include multiple television pilots and on camera industrials for major US companies. Jamibeth is also an accomplished stage director. Recent theatrical directing credits include Family Dinner at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row and Do I Hear a Waltz? and Jekyll and Hyde at the Arvada Center Theater in Denver. Jamibeth served as assistant director to Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks on the recent Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and also on Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend at Lincoln Center Theatre. She has also helmed developmental productions and readings of the following new works: Naked In Encino, Owl Creek, Far From the Madding Crowd, Plane Crazy, Great Googley Moo, 1812, and Warsaw (which is currently on track for a Broadway production in the next two years). Currently Jamibeth serves as Artistic Director For Musicals at the Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) where she fosters new writing talent and looks to bring a dozen new musicals to life each summer. Jamibeth also teaches musical theater, acting, and audition technique in studios all around NYC. She is also the Executive Director of the New Paradigm Theatre in Stamford, CT slated to open during the 2012 season. Jamibeth is a member of Actors' Equity Association, the Casting Society of America, and the Stage Directors And Choreographers Society. She served as a Tony Awards Voter for three Broadway seasons. She holds a B.A. from Ithaca College in Drama/Directing.

Assistant Director: My Mother Has Four Noses (The Duke); Casting for Online Network: All My Children and One Life to Live; Casting for Roundabout Theatre Company/Jim Carnahan Casting: If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, Picnic, Harvey, Anything Goes (Broadway and Tour), Man and Boy, Road to Mecca, Look Back in Anger, as well as many readings and workshops. Other Broadway include: Matilda, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and The Mountaintop, as well as New York casting for GLEE. For the CW Network, Michael worked on the pilots HART OF DIXIE and THE SECRET CIRCLE. Regionally, he was casting assistant for The Rocky Horror Show at the Old Globe in San Diego. Michael holds a BFA in Music Theatre from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford.

ARNOLD J. MUNGIOLI Responsible for Casting on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in Television, Film and Regional Theater for nearly three decades, on five continents, throughout the world. Casting projects include: Broadway/Nat'l Tour: Bill T. Jones' FELA!, Francesca Zambello's Little House on the Prairie, Ragtime, Fosse, Harold Prince/Susan Stroman's Show Boat, Candide, Sunset Boulevard, Harold Prince/Rob Marshall's Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Joseph... with Donny Osmond; Off-Broadway: Jewtopia, Evil Dead The Musical, Richard Maltby's Sixties Project; Disney: High School Musical, Lion King, Aladdin, When You Wish; TV/Film: SPECTACULAR!, ONE 4 ALL (Nickelodeon); THE ENTERTAINER (E!); Regionally: Trinity Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Asolo Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, North Shore Music Theatre; Mr. MUNGIOLI has been honored with two Artios Awards and the CSA Media Access Award. Prior to setting up his own company, Mr. Mungioli served as Executive Director of Casting for DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS and as Senior Vice President of Casting and Creative Development for the International Producing Company, LIVENT, INC. He teaches Master Classes at universities and theatre companies throughout the country. www.mungiolitheatricals.com

Chris Nichols holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and has worked in the New York theatrical industry for the past several years. He recently joined the prestigious Krasny Office after 4 years at Kerin-Goldberg Associates where he handled all musical theatre projects, as well as some film and TV. Prior to his time with Kerin-Goldberg he spent 3 years with Peggy Hadley Enterprises, Inc. after a successful 10 year career as an actor. He currently has clients in WICKED, LA CAGE, HOW TO SUCCEED, BILLY ELLIOT, JERSEY BOYS, , PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, FOLLIES, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, RENT, ROCK OF AGES, HAIR, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, All My Children and Law & Order etc.

Voice Teacher - James Javore Vocal Studio

Roxann Parker's career spans over 40 years. As a Magna cum laude graduate of U.S.C. in Voice Performance, her career began in classical music. However, not long after graduating, she joined a group of U.S.C. theatre graduates who established the Company Theatre, a repertory theatre that produced primarily new, avant-garde works with playwrights such as Megan Terry and with producers such as Joseph Papp. The theatre helped re-write the Equity rules for small theaters under 100 seats and was awarded the first National Endowment Grant for a theatre this size. A few years later the singer and actor merged when Roxann was given a scholarship to the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera's Musical Theatre Workshop. She was cast soon after in "The King and I" with Ricardo Montalban, which began a professional career in Musical Theatre with over 50 roles in top regional thea ters, Off-Broadway and Broadway. Broadway credits include La Goulue in Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme", Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret", Sister Margaretta in "The Sound of Music" with Richard Chamberlain. Broadway National tours include Mrs. Winthrop in "The Secret Garden", and as Hayley Mills' cover, over 70 performances of Anna in "The King and I." As a voice teacher, Roxann enjoys teaching the Musical Theatre craft and discipline of the actor-singer along with her husband James Javore.

Casting Director

As a professionally trained ballet dancer for thirteen years, Jennifer learned how to direct and communicate with performing artists thanks to legendary coach Maggie Black. While majoring in Dance at Marymount Manhattan College, she decided to explore the business side of entertainment. After interning at Henderson/Hogan Talent Agency and CESD, her passion for the creative process and to work alongside directors and producers, led her to casting. From 2005-2010, she assisted at various offices including Avy Kaufman Casting, Liz Lewis Casting, Telsey + Company, and Cindy Tolan Casting. From 2011-2013, she collaborated with Robin Carus under the banner of J&R creative, which cast 45+ film, commercial, theatrical, and voiceover projects. In January 2014, Jennifer started working as an independent casting director with a focus on film and television. To learn more about Jennifer, please visit her website here.

Choreographer

Broadway: Shrek, The Musical. New York City: The Bridge Project (BAM/The Old Vic, dir. Sam Mendes); The Jerry Springer Opera (starring Harvey Keitel) at Carnegie Hall; Camelot (starring Gabriel Byrne) with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (Televised on PBS); and All Singing All Dancing (Town Hall). Josh has also had the pleasure of choreographing and/or directing Calvin Berger (MTC 7@7 Series), Dance Break 2007 (New World Stages), Emerald Man (NYMF), Barnum, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, One Way Ticket To Hell, The Full Monty, The Big Funk, La Boheme, and Singin' In The Rain. Previous Broadway/National Tour acting credits include: The Producers, in which he starred as Carmen Ghia opposite Martin Short and Jason Alexander, Saturday Night Fever, Little Me, and Cats. In addition to numerous regional roles and concerts, Josh has soloed twice at Town Hall in their Broadway By the Year series. Earlier New York City credits include Babes In Arms, Do Re Mi, and Pajama Game for City Center Encores! and Paul Bunyan at NYC Opera. Off-Broadway he has starred in Forbidden Broadway and the play, In The Wings, as well as I Can Get It For You Wholesale (York Musicals in Mufti) and So Long 174th St. (Musicals Tonight). Film and Television credits include Law and Order: SVU, the Warner Bros. film, A Cinderella Story, starring Hillary Duff, and he recently taped an episode of MTV's reality show Taking The Stage, where he appeared as a guest choreographer.

performer, choreographer, and director

Noah Racey is a New York based performer, choreographer, and director. On Broadway Noah debuted in the revival of FOLLIES and has since appeared in the original casts of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (associate Choreographer), NEVER GONNA DANCE (starring opposite Nancy Lemenager and Karen Ziemba) and most recently CURTAINS, starring David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk. Other New York credits include appearances at the Apollo Theatre, City Center Encore's, three performances at Carnegie Hall, and a 10 year association with the critically acclaimed BROADWAY BY THE YEAR series at Town Hall. As a choreographer Noah worked with Tommy Tune, Jerry Mitchell, David Parsons, and Rob Ashford. He choreographed the national tour of WHITE CHRISTMAS and Associate Directed SHENANDOAH, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, all directed by Jeff Calhoun. Most recently Noah choreographed ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Goodspeed Operahouse and the world premier of TURN OF THE CENTURY at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, directed by Tommy Tune, starring Jeff Daniels and Rachel York. Noah is the Founder and Artistic Director of the New York Tap Ensemble with up coming performances in Jerusalem, Kuwait and Italy. Noah is a product of - and strong proponent for - arts funding in public schools.

choreographer

Josh's choreography credits include BROADWAY: THREE GENERATIONS at the Kennedy Center, WORKING at the Old Globe, SONDHEIM: THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT for Lincoln Center/PBS. BARNUM at the Asolo Rep(Sarasota Theatre Award), TINTYPES at the Maltz Jupiter, 1776 at the Papermill Playhouse, BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO at the Ogunquit Playhouse, CHESS, THE FULL MONTY, and DREAMGIRLS at the North Carolina Theatre, BONNIE & CLYDE at NYMF, HIGH SPIRITS at the York, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS at the Manhattan School of Music, ALL SINGING ALL DANCING, LEGENDS!, and BROADWAY BY THE YEAR-1954 at Town Hall, His performance credits on Broadway include: Fosse, Bells are Ringing, Sweet Smell of Success, Urban Cowboy, Man of La Mancha, The Boy from Oz, and Chicago.

agent - Harden-Curtis Associates

Diane Riley has been a talent agent at Harden-Curtis Associates for 14 years. Previously worked as a casting assistant for the Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC and spent three seasons as an Assistant Company Manager at The Goodspeed Opera House. As an agent, she represents Actors, Directors, Choreographers, Playwrights, Screenwriters and Composers/Lyricists in the areas of Theatre, Television and Film. Clients on Broadway and National tours include some of the following shows: Wicked, War Horse, The Addams, Family, Book Of Mormon, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Anything Goes, Memphis, 9 to 5, West Side Story and That Championship Season. Clients on TV include the following: Mr. Sunshine, Drop Dead Diva, Sons of Anarchy, The Closer, Vampire Diaries, Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods and Law and Order SVU and CI. Upcoming Films include: Arthur, The Adjustment Bureau, Tower Heist, Too Big To Fail and Man on a Ledge. She has taught master classes and business seminars for: NYU, Brown-Trinity Repertory Theatre's MFA program, Shenandoah Conservatory, Broadway Artists Alliance, UNC, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Syracuse.

- Telsey + Company

Telsey + Company's Broadway casting credits include Baby It's You, Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Normal Heart, Memphis, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Million Dollar Quartet, Elf, The Addams Family, 9-to-5, A Life in the Theatre, Reasons to be Pretty, Blithe Spirit, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, Rent, Wicked, In the Heights, South Pacific, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Company, November, Grey Gardens, The Color Purple, The Rocky Horror Show, All Shook Up, Tarzan, and Sweeney. Film credits include The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friends with Kids, Jonah Hex, I Love You Philip Morris, The Other Woman, Margin Call, Mainstreet, Howl, Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City: The Movie, Sex and the City 2, Across the Universe, Dan in Real Life, Pieces of April, Rent, and many more. Telsey + Company is also responsible for casting several national tours, off-Broadway productions, regional theatre productions, commercials, and television projects, including the upcoming Smash for NBC. Cesar Rocha appeared recently on the hit show "DANCE MOMS".

owner - The Roster Agency

Michael W Rodriguez is the owner and head of talent at THE ROSTER AGENCY. Michael's history as an agent began almost a decade ago at Hartig/Hilepo and includes time at DGRW. Then built and ran UGLY TALENT NY. Under the guidance of Michael, THE ROSTER AGENCY has talent working on Broadway in "Bonnie and Clyde", "Billy Elliot", "West Side Story", "Mary Poppins", "Memphis", "Love Loss and What I Wore", to name a few – along with clients working Regionally. With many actors on the Smash!, A Gifted Man, Law & Order's, Delocated, How To Make It In America, 30 Rock, CSI, Gossip Girl, Bored To Death, Louie, Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, White Collar, & One Life To Live... Ever expanding, Michael has achieved great success in the cultivation of some of Broadway's up and coming stars and is well established in the TV/Film world on both coasts. Michael began his career at Atlantic Records in New York City upon his arrival from Southwest Texas State University in the fall of 1990 where he received a BFA in Theatre. As Product Manager for Atlantic his radio promotions worked albums for Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Hootie and The Blowfish, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos and Phil Collins among others. During his tenure at Atlantic he was featured on the cover of Billboard Magazine for excellence in niche marketing. In the Fall of 1996 he founded MWR,ink..., a record promotions company. He serviced many accounts independently for three years, which included Celine Dion and Lonnie Gordon. An opportunity to work the urban market landed him back in the record label world with Indie giant, TVT Records. As Promotion Department Manager, he worked with artists Snoop Dogg, Nine Inch Nails and Lil' John. Michael has also been doing Master Classes at NYU, Tisch, Stone Street and CONN Rep for the past 5 years.??Along with being a talent agent, he also has been judging Miss Universe Pageants for North Carolina, South Carolina and Louisiana, with one Miss USA winner in 2005!

Casting Director

Jen Rudin grew up in New York City and began her professional acting career at age eight. She created many new roles in new plays, starred in several television movies, and did commercials. At age twelve, she had her first epiphany at a final callback that she wanted to be a Casting Director - a perfect blend of her photographic memory and love of actors. Her casting philosophy combines the challenge of solving the casting puzzle - who is best for the role? - while creating an honest, positive and comfortable audition environment, in what is often the most stressful of situations. Jen was Director of Casting and Talent Development for Disney Theatrical Productions in New York City from 2007-2009. From 2002-2007, Jennifer served as head of casting for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California and she won the 2006 Artios Award for casting Chicken Little. Additional animated films include Meet the Robinsons (2007 Artios Nomination), The Wild (2006 Artios nomination), Academy Award Winning film The Incredibles and Academy Award nominated Brother Bear. Current films include The Princess and the Frog starring Anika Noni Rose. In Los Angeles, Jennifer cast the Los Angeles premiere of Jason Robert Brown's musical "13", winner of the 2008 LA Drama Critics Circle Award. Jen has taught Master Classes at NYU, Boston Conservatory, Northwestern University, Emerson College, Webster University, Baylor University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and University of the Arts. She lectures and teaches numerous workshops around New York City. Prior to joining Disney in 2002, Jennifer was a freelance casting director for film and theater in New York City. Her independent films have premiered at such prestigious film festivals as the Tribeca Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Hamptons Film Festival and the Hollywood Film Festival, among others. Jennifer served as resident Casting Director from 2001-2002 for the esteemed Ensemble Studio Theater in New York City. Her other theater credits include the national tour of "The Syringa Tree" directed by Larry Moss; "Theater District" (Steppenwolf Theater); HB Playwrights Foundation, the Young Playwrights Festival, and New York Stage & Film. She has also cast hundreds of national television commercials; including the famous "Can you hear me now?" campaign for Verizon. Upcoming films include include Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, Peter Bogdanovich's Squirrels to the Nuts and Greener Pastures: A Roberto Clemente Story. Jen is a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in History and Women's Studies, and a past Board Member for the Casting Society of America. In her spare time, she is an avid cyclist and Board Member for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel. She is a frequent contributing writer to The Jewish Week.

Bill Russell wrote the book and lyrics for the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Side Show, receiving a Tony nomination for book and sharing a nomination with composer Henry Krieger for score. He also directed that show at the Park Square Theatre in St. Paul and Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. Russell co-wrote the book and lyrics for Off-Broadway's long-running musical Pageant (with collaborators Frank Kelly, Albert Evans and Robert Longbottom), and directed it at the King's Head Theatre in London. That production transferred to the West End, received two Olivier Award nominations and won that prestigious prize for "Best Supporting Performance in a Musical" for Miles Western's portrayal of Miss West Coast. Bill subsequently directed Pageant in Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston and at the University of Kansas. He authored the book and lyrics for Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (music by Janet Hood), directing it in New York and in London's Fringe and West End, among many others, including a celebrity benefit in New York which was recorded by Fynsworth Alley. Everything's Ducky (written with Henry Krieger and Jeffrey Hatcher) premiered with TheatreWorks of California and subsequently received several successful regional productions, garnering the Will Glickman Award for Best Play (S.F. Bay area) and the "Backstage West" Garland Award for Best Score. A revised version under the new title Lucky Duck was directed by John Rando ("Urinetown") at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and Bill directed a version at the Boston Conservatory which is being licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide. The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO, commissioned a version for young audiences and their production will play the New Victory Theatre in New York City in March, 2012. Mr. Russell's latest musical with Henry Krieger, Up in the Air, premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Amon Miyamoto, who also conceived the project. The Last Smoker in America (music by Peter Melnick) was present at NYMF (New York Musical Theatre Festival) in 2009 and had it's world premiere in Columbus, Ohio in 2010. Bill's other credits as Bookwriter/Lyricist include: Off-Broadway's Fourtune and The Texas Chainsaw Musical (co-author), Family Style (Minneapolis) and Kept (with Henry Krieger and Steven Chbosky), which premiered at TheatreWorks of California and was subsequently performed at the Edinburgh Festival. He adapted the book of Call Me Madam (starring Tyne Daly) for City Center Encores! His credits as Lyricist include the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, the official theme for Gay Games and the women's duo Jade & Sarsaparilla. Mr. Russell's directing credits include John Augustine's Generation X, the comedy team of Monteith and Rand (on and off Broadway and at theaters around the nation) and Jeff Mandels' And Somewhere Men Are Laughing for the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival. He has been honored with two Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Commendation Awards and honorary doctorates from his first alma mater, Morningside College and the Boston Conservatory. For more, please visit www.billrussell.net.

Casting Director - Duncan Stewart And Company

Mr. Stewart is the owner of DUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY, a New York based casting company that works on various Broadway, West End plays, musicals, film and TV.
Duncan is responsible for casting this season’s Tony Award® winning Broadway revival of PIPPIN directed by Diane Paulus, the current Broadway and National touring companies of CHICAGO THE MUSICAL, Off-Broadway’s NATASHA PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, PAGEANT at New World Stages, the North American tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU, this season’s American Repertory Theatre’s production of THE TEMPEST, directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (Penn & Teller) and numerous other productions currently in development.
For over 6 years, Duncan was the Director of Casting for National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he cast numerous projects for legendary Broadway producers, Barry and Fran Weissler including the 2010 Tony Award® winning Broadway production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (starring Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge), the National tour of LA CAGE (starring George Hamilton) and the West End premiere of Neil LaBute's FAT PIG (ATG co-production). In 2011, Duncan partnered with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as their Broadway Casting Consultant for HAIRSPRAY, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and CHICAGO THE MUSICAL. Other credits include: the Vegas Beach Boys musical, SURF directed by Kristin Hanggi, the West End production of THRILLER LIVE (US casting), New York's RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, Carnegie Hall’s ‘COMMUNTIY SING’, David Cromer’s YANK!, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s TERRIBLE ADVICE (UK) and numerous productions at Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theater, Long Wharf, Coconut Grove, The Old Globe and North Shore Music Theatre.
Duncan has been a guest judge and panelist for Broadway TV's "Next Broadway Star" and for "The Great White Way", a reality-based TV show produced by Osaka Television. He has also provided talent consultation on numerous television projects for Cineflix International, a London based company. Mr. Stewart is a proud member of the Casting Society of America (CSA).

associate - Binder Casting

JASON STYRES is an associate at Binder Casting. Jason is currently working on such projects as A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Broadway, opening November 2013), Dames at Sea (Broadway, opening 2014), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (National Tour), The Lion King (Broadway & National Tour), the new a cappella musical In Transit (dir. Christopher Gattelli), as well as the full 2014 season of Encores!, which includes Little Me (starring Christian Borle), The Most Happy Fella (dir. Casey Nicholaw), and Irma La Douce (dir. John Doyle). He is also the casting director for multiple regional theatres including Theatre Under the Stars and North Shore Music Theatre. He was also the casting director for the recent NY Philharmonic production of Carousel, televised on PBS and nominated for three Emmys.
Binder Casting has cast over 70 Broadway shows including Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King and I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl and every City Center Encores! production since its inception in 1994. Film: Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. Nine–time Artios Award winner.

casting director

JASON STYRES, CSA is a casting director at Binder Casting, which has cast over 70 Broadway shows. He casts such Broadway shows as the critically acclaimed A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, the upcoming Dames at Sea (Randy Skinner, dir./chor.), The Lion King (Broadway and National Tour), and previously Nice Work If You Can Get It. He is also the casting director of the National Tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Randy Skinner, chor.), and the prestigious NY City Center Encores! series, including this season’s Little Me, Most Happy Fella, and Irma la Douce. He was also the casting director of the three-time Emmy nominated production of Carousel, produced by the NY Philharmonic/PBS. He recently began to further venture into television working on the smash hit television show So You Think You Can Dance and the highly praised HBO documentary Six by Sondheim. He has worked with such directors/choreographers as Kathleen Marshall, Darko Tresnjak, Warren Carlyle, Casey Nicholaw, John Rando, Josh Bergasse, John Doyle, James Lapine, and of course Randy Skinner, amongst many others. Regional/Other: Hartford Stage, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars.

associate casting director - Binder Casting

Nikole Vallins is an associate at Binder Casting. Nikole has worked in casting for the past six years. As a member of Binder Casting, she has worked on the Broadway/National Tours: Finian's Rainbow, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The Thirty Nine Steps, Grease, Lion King, Dreamgirls, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey's End, Virginia Woolf, Times They Are A Changin', Sweet Charity, Movin' Out, Beauty & the Beast, past and current seasons of Encores! She also worked on the dance casting for the feature films of Hairspray and Nine.

Casting Director - Cindi Rush Casting

The office is currently casting the Off-Broadway productions of Rated P…for Parenthood and Silence! the Musical, as well as My California for The Drama League. Past projects as point person include Virtually Me! Non-Equity Tour, the Non-Equity production of Freckleface Strawberry, Berenstain Bears, Sky Boys: The Making of the Empire State Building, Tea with Chachaji and Jose Limon: The Making of an Artist for Making Books Sing, The Drama League's Snow Day, The Coupling Heuristic, Sprinkler, Fit For Feet and One for the Road as well as Home Front for La MaMa, as well as many other theater projects both locally and regionally. In addition she has worked as an associate on the films Ghoul, The Woman (Sundance Festival 2011), Rising Stars, Jack Ketchum's last horror film, Offspring, Master Class, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Made for Each Other and Home Movie. New York theatre includes Rooms, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Zipper and Peace Man performed at the Jewish Heritage Museum. In addition to many regional theater productions for Triad Stage, Penguin Rep, Northern Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, NoHo Arts Center, and consulting work for NYU's Graduate in Musical Theatre Writing Program and Broad Horizon Theatre Company. She is an associate member of the Casting Society of America.

Casting Director - Duncan Stewart and Company

Benton is a partner at Duncan Stewart and Company and currently responsible for casting the Broadway revival of PIPPIN directed by Diane Paulus, the current Broadway and National touring companies of CHICAGO THE MUSICAL, the North American tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU, NATASHA PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Off-Broadway, PAGEANT Off-Broadway, John Rando/Josh Bergasse’s ON THE TOWN currently in development for Broadway, and next season’s American Repertory Theatre’s production of THE TEMPEST. Prior to this, he was the Associate Casting Director at National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he cast the 2010 Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as well as national tour, and other projects in development for Barry and Fran Weissler. Additional stage productions include New York's annual RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, Radio City’s new annual Spring production of HEART AND LIGHTS, the West End production of THRILLER LIVE (US Casting), the Vegas Beach Boys Musical SURF, directed by Kristin Hanggi, David Cromer’s YANK!, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines HAIRSPRAY, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and CHICAGO, NYMF/Fringe productions, as well as working on the 2009 Revival of RAGTIME, Terrence McNally's GOLDEN AGE (World Premiere), Randy Newman's HARPS AND ANGELS at the Mark Taper Forum, and productions at The Kennedy Center, Alley Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire, Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Cape Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, and consultation for The Old Globe, and North Shore Music Theatre. Mr. Whitley was recently named by ARTINFO.com as one of the "Top 25 Under 35 Emerging Broadway Players". He is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department, and a member of the Casting Society of America (CSA). Dstewartco.com

- wojcik | seay casting

Scott Wojcik has lived in NYC since 1992. He attended Bentley College in Waltham, MA where he studied Management & Marketing and did his graduate studies in Arts Management at Texas Tech University. While at TTU, he also did extensive undergraduate course work in acting and directing. Following work in Dallas and on tour, his acting brought him to NYC. Scott supplemented his acting career by working as a freelance Casting Assistant for several Independent Casting Directors until 1999 when he joined Charles Rosen Casting. Scott became partner of Rosen & Wojcik casting in 2005. His work as an Arts Presenter during college and grad school led to an interest in producing. To further that interest, Scott aligned his skills with partners Charles Rosen and Bill Castellino to form CRW Productions, a company that creates customized theatrical events. From 2002 till 2007 CRW produced projects that ranged from corporate fundraisers, philanthropic events to new musicals and developmental readings as well as a multi-million dollar product launch in South America. In addition to casting, Scott pursues his interest in education by teaching audition skills. He teaches regularly for SAG, NYU and Vassar's summer program. Along with co-teacher Susan Pilar, Scott has developed a curriculum called "FUSE". FUSE is designed to help recently graduated acting students bridge the gap between the academic and professional acting environment.

Rance Wright- received a Masters in Music from the Boston Conservatory and a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Brigham Young University- A talented musical theatre performer working in the greater New York City area, Rance foresaw a need to help others gain a greater knowledge and understanding of their talent and art; his entrepreneurial spirit quickly lead to the birth of Wright Way Productions LLC, The Wright Way Master’s Classes , Wright Brothers Productions, The Photography Train, The Wright Agency/Management Office and Crazy MoJo Productions. As a consultant as well as an artist, Rance brings over 7 years of training and experience to the table; combining that with his unique style, creativity and professionalism you have the perfect combination for very successful learning initiatives. Furthering the knowledge and understanding of theatre, music, and dance for himself and others are quickly becoming hallmarks of his career. To learn more please visit: www.rancewright.com